Oversized for her designation as a corvette, Unité is a ship that’s hard to place – at times being considered an unrated ship and a proper frigate outright. In British service, she was rated as both a sixth and a fifth rate at various times.
Launched in 1794, Unité was captured in 1796 by Royal Navy Captain Thomas Fremantle while she was operating as a packet ship bound for North Africa.
Her most famous real-world exploit was recapturingHMS Hermione, which had been surrendered to the Spanish by a mutineering crew.
Surprise was sold in 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens and the subsequent downsizing of the Royal Navy.
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